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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
2
A Waterloo Iowa paper argues the impeachment of wasteful federal spending after a Democratic defeat. It urges Republicans to pursue aggressive housecleaning, slash government expenditures, and trim clerical waste in Washington to restore balance and prevent new revenue hikes.
Senator Borah has introduced a resolution urging the president to pursue a five year agreement with Britain and Japan to reduce naval programs by fifty percent. Secretary Daniels responds with a solemn statement signaling possible opposition or caution.
The article argues that a proposed three-nation pause in dreadnought building by England Japan and the United States would be seen not as domination but as a move toward peace if accepted, though Secretary Daniels warns against curtailment and Borah’s Senate resolution may be killed amid public confusion.
Senator Kenyon and other lawmakers denounce government usurpation amid chaotic coal market. Critics warn operators may face federal control unless stability returns. Black Hawk bonds for paved roads discussed as sponsor country funding. bonds paid by auto,fed era l and special assessments. A Wash ington observer questions Harding’s outreach for counsel.
Health Talks by John R B Huber M D discuss aging, life expectancy, and risks after age forty. They highlight cancer, industrial female mortality, and the impact of cotton mills on pulmonary disease, plus questions and answers on hemorrhage and blood renewal.
The Sandman Story opens in England with Les lie, the orphaned nephew of an aged Earl, loved by all on the estate. On a golden October afternoon, he greets Hawkins the forester who tearfully explains that the elder uncle faces losing the estate to his brother. Les rides home pondering the looming loss of the park and home.
In a grand library, Leslie helps his sorrowful uncle after a will dispute. A back of a grandfather portrait conceals a letter revealing a hidden will that grants the estate to Leslie’s uncle, changing the family future and restoring hope.
Imogene and Andrew clash over modern fiction as he rants about tediously plotted works and crave bold action. He longs for daring, violent, or humorous stories that shock and entertain, while she shows him a magazine page of anecdotes as evidence of his quest.
Nature Notes presents a set of questions on tracks in snow wild strawberries sparrows avoiding owls and winter stores of food. The text mentions a red mouse storing winter provisions with a hollow tree, nuts shelled and stored, and a wood chopper misplacing or squandering this stored bounty.
A Floyd County era verse celebrating a uplifting song that moves souls toward heaven. The speaker recalls soulful singing and the triumphal joy of music heard in hardships. The imagery compares earthly and heavenly audiences and ends with hopeful notes of eternal harmony.
A fragment discusses the secret of a successful fisherman being born to the craft, aided by love sharpening the senses. It also describes the shrike as slightly smaller than a blue jay, bluish gray, with dusky wings and white markings, flying heavy among November or December orchards or fields.
Iowa editors argue that bold jingoism alone won’t push America into conflict with Japan. The Sioux City Journal pamphlets an Eldora church in Kansas, highlighting local religious activity amidst national tension.
Lem Myers of Virden recounts how stomach trouble forced him to quit coal mining for a year. After using Milks Emulsion, he regained strength, weight from 135 to 165 pounds, and returned to work at Greenridge Coal Mine. The ad touts Milks Emulsion as a palatable nutritive remedy that restores digestion and appetite, with a money back guarantee.
A noisy mix of notices shows Big Evangelical Services promising free soup and music amid a hungry crowd, while Des Moines dealers boast easier farm labor via machinery. Davenport and Detroit items follow with political doubts about the League of Nations and tales of famed dunces who prevailed through grit, including Clive and Linnaeus.
A vintage advertisement touts a homemade cough remedy claiming rapid relief and strong effectiveness. It instructs mixing 2 1/2 ounces of Pinex with a pint of sugar syrup or substitutes like molasses or honey, claiming cost savings, pleasant taste, and lasting shelf life. It asserts benefits for throat and chest ailments including bronchitis and croup and urges asking for Pinex by name with a money back guarantee.
Mrs. A. Howard praises Adler-i-ka for resolving years of constipation and indigestion. The ad highlights Adler-i-ka’s action on both upper and lower bowels, relief from gas and sour stomach, removal of foul matter, and claimed prevention of appendicitis.
An advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as fast relief for colds and coughs. It claims soothing balsamic antiseptics loosen phlegm reduce congestion and inflammation and notes it is pleasant for children. Available at druggists for 30c 60c and 81 2.
A cryptic style update notes the SOLE plus GOATS minus OATS plus WASP minus LEG minus ,OW leaves ASP as the resulting sequence in a concise puzzle record.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble often mistaken as other ailments. Kidney health affects other organs and can cause back pain headaches and loss of ambition. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is advertised as a remedy restoring kidney function and offers sample bottles by mail with ten cents and a full line of bottle sizes at drug stores.
In Homer Michigan the oldest active blacksmith J J Lyon credits an internal treatment for piles with his rapid relief after years of failure with salves and dilators. He urges others to request a free trial by mail, promising prompt relief regardless of age or occupation.
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